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At a regional transfusion directors meeting, misgivings were expressed about the ability to recruit the donors necessary for the expansion of the NBTS and that as a response an increasing proportion of donors would be "recruited from less socially conscious members of the public".

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At a regional transfusion directors meeting, Dr Maycock presented a paper on the future development of RTCs. The information suggested demand for blood would continue to rise, however, the graphs presented suggested the amount used per patient had plateaued.

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Dr Vanessa Martlew recalled that at the Manchester RTC posters with babies on them seemed to be the most successful in recruiting new donors.

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The Cardiff RTC was accountable to the South Glamorgan Health Authority.

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Dr Contreras wrote to Dr Wagstaff to say that the cuts to the Public Budget for BTS were "particularly serious and could not be worse timed" given the need to provide more and more plasma to BPL and increasing demands by hospitals.

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At a regional transfusion directors meeting, funding of £400,000 was allocated to publicity for recruitment of blood donors, and discussion followed on how this could be spent.

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Dr Contreras wished to have it on record that a £400,000 budget for publicity for the recruitment of blood donors was insufficient in the climate at the time given the costs of TV advertising.

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Dr Gunson in discussing the impact of AIDS on the number of blood donations reported that although numbers had decreased initially, the situation was reversed and donations had actually increased.

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The Yorkshire Regional Blood Transfusion Service mounted a campaign aimed to reassure potential donors there was no risk of infection involved in giving blood, following research which showed a sharp decline in donor attendance.

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In his written statement Dr William Wagstaff noted that the National Blood Authority based in Watford started a national campaign.

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In his written statement Dr William Wagstaff stated that there were problems with blood collection from some ethnic groups and that assistance was sought from the local MP in Leicester.

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At a meeting of the National Provision of Donors Committee, it was recorded that the formation of the centralised system had had a positive impact on the blood supply.

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At the Oxford RTC, it was recognised that a happy donor would be more likely to become an ambassador for the blood service and thus generate new donors.

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In a memo to Mr Langston, Alun Williams acknowledged that the South Thames RTC was experiencing a blood shortage.

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In a memo to Graham Hart, Dr Edmund Harris acknowledged that the South Thames RTC was experiencing a blood shortage.

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In a letter to Dr Harold Gunson, Dr Keith Rogers acknowledged that the South Thames RTC was experiencing a blood shortage.

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Dr Harold Gunson replied to a letter from Dr Keith Rogers, acknowledging the South Thames RTC blood shortage issue that Dr Rogers had raised.

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A shortage of blood led to the South West RTC cancelling operations.

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The Independent published an article entitled "Transfusion centre to pay £150,000 for blood" in which it was stated that a London centre would pay the Oxford region for the supply of blood units to meet a "chronic shortage in supplies".

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The North East Thames RTC entered into discussions with the East Anglian RTC to explore whether they could collaborate to ensure sufficient blood was collected to supply hospitals in both regions.

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